ght flickering from the hung torches on the wall barely illuminated the desolation around me. It seemed so ir

itself. And there was only so much the wolf could take until it couldn't take it anymore. I w

ed out every drop of water inside me, I would've cried a little more. Ethan coming to the realization that

terribl

ing on for years, it never really occurred to me that I was truly an outcast. Seeing how easy it was

Maybe by the time I woke up, all this would've been a dream. Or better

haking me urgently from my sleep. "Wa

to see Jane, my only friend, kneelin

at absentmindedly. "Wh

be shifted to sunrise. I can't let the

e a black cloak and straightened to her feet. I mirrored her action, a sense of urgency overtaking me as I put the cloak on as a

empty. "Where are the guards?" I aske

away but the potion won't last long. We have to get out

we moved through the narrow corridors with practiced stealth. The echoes of our footsteps reverberated in the oppres

"If you keep walking straight for about two minutes, you'll come to a small gat

an to sting

the time." Her voice was stern but affectionate an

ed me?" I grabbed her hands in

ere. I can't leave them. And they won't find out I hel

ped foot in the pack home, Jane had been the only person who'd been nice to me. Whenever I was being bullied, she would sta

behind my eyes. "

held together by a rubber band. "This is all I could manage to get. It should se

, J

m here. Neither your family nor Ethan wi

pocket of my cloak, my throat thick with

ot too dark that I couldn't see the sheen of moisture gathering in my eyes. She felt t

ed. "Alright. Now go. An

he gate Jane said would be there. With the key safely in my hand, I fitted it into the lock and turned. Heart in my throat, I let out a sigh of relief as

oncerting that I would have been executed come sunrise, but I chose not to

f breath and by the time I stopped, it was in front of a fence. I couldn't go through the front gate since there were always

k against the fence and finally let the tears fall. I'd freaking done it. I'd escaped. I had no idea where I was g

ared into the night, leaving behind the confines of the cell

ak in front of anyone. From here on out, I would become t

at fuck